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ParticipantMy kids went to Jerabek long ago–walked the two blocks to school every day for years. Good, highly-rated school then, and I presume still is. I believe the local middle school is Marshall. A buddy sends his kid there and is not happy with it, despite the favorable demographics. Lots of busy-work homework. His kid gets all A’s, but so do 125 students out of 400. Serious grade inflation.
ParticipantMy kids went to Jerabek long ago–walked the two blocks to school every day for years. Good, highly-rated school then, and I presume still is. I believe the local middle school is Marshall. A buddy sends his kid there and is not happy with it, despite the favorable demographics. Lots of busy-work homework. His kid gets all A’s, but so do 125 students out of 400. Serious grade inflation.
ParticipantMy kids went to Jerabek long ago–walked the two blocks to school every day for years. Good, highly-rated school then, and I presume still is. I believe the local middle school is Marshall. A buddy sends his kid there and is not happy with it, despite the favorable demographics. Lots of busy-work homework. His kid gets all A’s, but so do 125 students out of 400. Serious grade inflation.
ParticipantWe are all unduly afraid of asbestos due to a cabal of trial lawyers, abatement contractors, junk science, and bureaucrats. Real danger comes only from prolonged exposure to high concentrations of airborne asbestoes, such as that suffered decades later by shipyard workers in WW II.
Still, if they discovered it, current rules call for us to be overly safe–damn the cost–and contain it.
As to your higher utility costs when they use power tools to do the repairs, you are really talking about pennies here. Worry more about who is going to pay, and how your life and possessions will be disrupted during the work.ParticipantWe are all unduly afraid of asbestos due to a cabal of trial lawyers, abatement contractors, junk science, and bureaucrats. Real danger comes only from prolonged exposure to high concentrations of airborne asbestoes, such as that suffered decades later by shipyard workers in WW II.
Still, if they discovered it, current rules call for us to be overly safe–damn the cost–and contain it.
As to your higher utility costs when they use power tools to do the repairs, you are really talking about pennies here. Worry more about who is going to pay, and how your life and possessions will be disrupted during the work.ParticipantWe are all unduly afraid of asbestos due to a cabal of trial lawyers, abatement contractors, junk science, and bureaucrats. Real danger comes only from prolonged exposure to high concentrations of airborne asbestoes, such as that suffered decades later by shipyard workers in WW II.
Still, if they discovered it, current rules call for us to be overly safe–damn the cost–and contain it.
As to your higher utility costs when they use power tools to do the repairs, you are really talking about pennies here. Worry more about who is going to pay, and how your life and possessions will be disrupted during the work.ParticipantWe are all unduly afraid of asbestos due to a cabal of trial lawyers, abatement contractors, junk science, and bureaucrats. Real danger comes only from prolonged exposure to high concentrations of airborne asbestoes, such as that suffered decades later by shipyard workers in WW II.
Still, if they discovered it, current rules call for us to be overly safe–damn the cost–and contain it.
As to your higher utility costs when they use power tools to do the repairs, you are really talking about pennies here. Worry more about who is going to pay, and how your life and possessions will be disrupted during the work.ParticipantWe are all unduly afraid of asbestos due to a cabal of trial lawyers, abatement contractors, junk science, and bureaucrats. Real danger comes only from prolonged exposure to high concentrations of airborne asbestoes, such as that suffered decades later by shipyard workers in WW II.
Still, if they discovered it, current rules call for us to be overly safe–damn the cost–and contain it.
As to your higher utility costs when they use power tools to do the repairs, you are really talking about pennies here. Worry more about who is going to pay, and how your life and possessions will be disrupted during the work.ParticipantI’ve appealed several times and got my assessments lowered before the hearing occurs. They will call you well in advance of the hearing (which must happen within 2 years of your filing the appeal) and try to reach a compromise.
Right now over 40,000 appeals have been made in San Diego County. I’ve attended the hearings, where numerous well-paid county employees attend and only resolve about three cases per hour. If you do the math, less than 1% of appeals go to the hearing stage. That means they really, really want to come to an agreement with you. So hang tough and they will budge.ParticipantI’ve appealed several times and got my assessments lowered before the hearing occurs. They will call you well in advance of the hearing (which must happen within 2 years of your filing the appeal) and try to reach a compromise.
Right now over 40,000 appeals have been made in San Diego County. I’ve attended the hearings, where numerous well-paid county employees attend and only resolve about three cases per hour. If you do the math, less than 1% of appeals go to the hearing stage. That means they really, really want to come to an agreement with you. So hang tough and they will budge.ParticipantI’ve appealed several times and got my assessments lowered before the hearing occurs. They will call you well in advance of the hearing (which must happen within 2 years of your filing the appeal) and try to reach a compromise.
Right now over 40,000 appeals have been made in San Diego County. I’ve attended the hearings, where numerous well-paid county employees attend and only resolve about three cases per hour. If you do the math, less than 1% of appeals go to the hearing stage. That means they really, really want to come to an agreement with you. So hang tough and they will budge.ParticipantI’ve appealed several times and got my assessments lowered before the hearing occurs. They will call you well in advance of the hearing (which must happen within 2 years of your filing the appeal) and try to reach a compromise.
Right now over 40,000 appeals have been made in San Diego County. I’ve attended the hearings, where numerous well-paid county employees attend and only resolve about three cases per hour. If you do the math, less than 1% of appeals go to the hearing stage. That means they really, really want to come to an agreement with you. So hang tough and they will budge.ParticipantI’ve appealed several times and got my assessments lowered before the hearing occurs. They will call you well in advance of the hearing (which must happen within 2 years of your filing the appeal) and try to reach a compromise.
Right now over 40,000 appeals have been made in San Diego County. I’ve attended the hearings, where numerous well-paid county employees attend and only resolve about three cases per hour. If you do the math, less than 1% of appeals go to the hearing stage. That means they really, really want to come to an agreement with you. So hang tough and they will budge.June 21, 2010 at 4:18 PM in reply to: Meredith Whitney: “No Doubt We Have Entered A Double-Dip For Housing” #569213Participantbriansd1, what on earth are you talking about?
By and large, government does not lend or push lending to “highly leveraged companies…that do research…” Examples please. -
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